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The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-12-10

The rapid advance of White
Oaks and vicinity in mining mat
ters has resulted in developing
good pay streaks for the legal fra
ternity. Scarcely a mining claim
when located escapes an adverse,
and the litigation in many cases
will be long and expensive. This
is unfortunate tcT the camp, but
it is always the case when rich and
valuable properties are discovered
Ii the new railroad should be built
through the eastern portion of Lin
coin county, we predict that White
Oaks will become one OF the lea
ding towns of New Mexico.
The above, which we clip from
the editorial columns of the Mes
silla Democrat, is true to the let
ter. Scarcely a pay streak is
discovered, that some fellow who
didn't discover it, pushes himself
to the front and claims the whole
or an interest in it, averring that
the provisions of the law had not
been fully complied with. And
vet, there is not one lawyer in ten
who are so well read up in the
mining laws of the Union and Ter
ritory, as to be safe counselors.
Still an honest man, who has done
all he supposed to be necessary
to secure the fruits of his discov-
cry, is ottentimes showed to the
wall through technical grounds.
We would like to see law passed
by Congress, giving to every hon
est claimant the right to plead
honest intention, and swear to the
honesty of his motives in locating
and claiming legal possession of a
mine, and debarring green eyed
scalawags from possessing them
selves of property to which they
have no moral claim. Laws not
founded on moral right are perni-
cious, and should be repealed
and he who lays legal claim to
property to which he has no moral
right should be tabooed by all
good citizens.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-12-10

Z" 1t is a wet day for Atlanta, "
says Voice, the prohibition organ,
" cold and wet" Yes, but the fire
bIazes cheerfully in the bar-room
of the hotel and the Georgia colo
nels are taking something steam
ing hot with little piece Of lemon
and Il dash Of nutmeg. They don't
mind the cold and wet as much as
they did before the election.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-12-10
FROM TEXAS.

ED. LEADER =
A few words from across the
" Llano- Estacado. would be read
with interest probably, by some
of your readers. While your in
habitants are, perhaps, engaged
to-day in mining, sheep and cattle
raising, &c, quite different oc-
cupatlon prevails in the Lone Star
State. That OF tilling the soil {;
dependant on the Great Creator"
Tor the Invigorating and irrIgating
showers. The progress of the
farmer for the past season, has
been somewhat slow, owing to the
severe and protI acted drouth which
has prevailed throughout the great.
er portion of Texas for the past
year.
This has been a trying year on
the merchants of this country, as
the credit system prevails here,
and is drawbock to the CONNER
cial traffic, in the opinion of many
good citizens. But the hopes of
the farmers have lately been re-
vived, and all the dark gloom for
the future which hung over them,
has been dispelled, on account of
the late rains which visited this
country during the past week.
Wheat, which was looking badly,
and some was not up before the
rain, is now looking finely, and
the merchants are !waitlng for it's
issue. Fruit was an entire failure
the past season. Stock OF all
kinds on the range is looking splen-
did.
Most all the prohibition talk
is over with now. Some of
them that were cutting a big
hog" and spent most of their
pocket change on the campaign,
would be glad they had it now,
to buy meat and bread with. Pro-
hibition was defeated by nearly
10000 majority. The must be
prohibitionists say they are going
to continne the war against whis-
ky traffic, hot and heavy" un-
til they run it all to the drug
stores.
The weather has been pleasant
and delightful here this fall-only
one cold norther." The wild |
geese, brants and cranes, are con
stantly flying over on their way to
the tepid waters of the Gulf, and
on to the "SunnY South" " The |
view from where we sit, is not that
of towering snow covered noun
tains, but that-of a wide extended |
prairie, dotted with farm houses.
GEO. M. j. FOWLER
Crawford, Texas, Dec. 2nd, '87.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-12-10

Oakland, ILL.,, Dec.2 No little ex-
citement was created to day at Ha-
eel Dell, south of this city, by the
coming to Of Mrs. Abel, who was
III her coffin ready for burial. She
died, seemingly, Sunday morning,
and it was intended to bury her
Monday evening, but for some rea-
son the funeral was delayed. At
about 1920 some of the mourning
friends were startled by the sup.
posed corpse rising and sitting up
in the coffin. When the lady be
held the funeral garments she tain-
ted again. She was removed to
a bed and a doctor sent for. In
about an honr atterward she gave
birth to a male child. The house
hold from grief was turned into
Joy.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-12-10
u. S. LAND OFFICE.
sections.

LAS CRUCES, Nm, Nov. 80, 81.
Notice Is hereby given that the
approved plats of township No. IS
south, range IL east, and township
No. 19 south, ranges II and ~
east, have this day been received
from the Surveyor General, and
will be duly filed in this office
on January l, 1888, IN accordance
with instructions from the General
Land Office, after which date fl
lings will be received therefor.
Edmund &. SHIELDS, Register.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-12-10
DECEMBER.

The bare mention of The word,
December, carries with it a chill.
None like to see it euter-all love
to see it depart. When it appears,
summer has indeed departed, and
the icy blast of winter is upon us.
The balmy breezes from the coral
strands have given way to cold
blasts from Greenland's icy noun
tains.' The mosquito, bedbugs and
other birds of summer have gone.
Loving Romeos and Juliets have
abandoned front gates and now
hold their toes In the kitchen stove
oven. Weather predictions are
now in order, and severe weather
liars can dish up and prevaricate.
"Man never Is, but always to be
blessed" The summers heat is
not relished, nor the winters cold.
The ice producer smiles as he sees
his fellow mortals sweltering in
the suns heat-the coal dealer is
tlckled as he sees the mercury tall
ing below the zero bulb.
Could man provide weather, he
could not please mankind, for
what would please one would not
satisfy another. Rainfall would
be disagreeable to some, while to
others they would be welcome.
Winds, which purify the atmos-
phere, would be un welcome to
many.
1t is fact beyond the realm OF
argument or controversy, that the
climate of New Mexico is par-eX-
ccllencc. Our summers are none
too warm, and our winters are
none too cold. There is an ab-
sencc of malariai in our atmosphere.
Our sun and moon are Obscured
less than in any other standpoint
from which we ever viewed them,
and it would seem as though the
heavens were nightly studded
with more and brighter stars than
smile upon any other people.
December will not last long
We have seen nearly halt OF it roll
by with the clouds. Soon Christ
mas will be with us, when, regard
less OF the weather, we will all be
Jolly. Then a new year will be
ushered IN upon us, which we will
cheertully welcome, and spring
will shortly appear, followed by
summer. This may be the last
December which some of us will
ever see. We should therefore
accept it as coming from Him who
maketh all seasons, and who know
eth our needs better than we
know them. But we will never
theless be glad to bid the chilly
month good bye, would rather
speed than welcome it as a guest,
though its mission is not so forbid
ding here as in some less favored
sections.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-12-10

"Most is in good spirits" says
dispatch from New York. The
order has been reversed since lie
got into Jail. Usually the good
spirits are in Most.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-12-10

Twenty thousand immigrants
have settled in California during
the past twelve months, and every
one of them expects to make his
fortune out of climate and fruit.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-12-10


CONGRESS- convened last Monday.
New Senators and members were
sworn in. Carlyle was reelected
Speaker of the House. The Pres
ident's Message-a Free Trade
Speech-was read. The President
sent to the Senate the following
nominations : L. Q. G. Lamar, to
be associate Justice of the Supreme
Court Of the United States. Will
lam +, Villas, to be Secretary of
the Interior Don NJ. Dickins )n,
to be Postmaster General.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-12-10

The smelteTs at Socorro are both
receiving large shipments of ore,
and mining matters in the territory
are very encouraging.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-12-10

The excessively dry fall has
greatly injured the winter wheat
throughout the whole wheat grow
ing region.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-12-10

The Mississippi River is to be
bridged at Memphis Tenn. 1t is
reported that work will commence
i'll one month.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-12-10
THE Negro s!Ancestors.

Fred Douglas has returned to
Washington.after;a tour in, Europe
that.occupiedi iover.eleven.s months
and extended to Egypt.
my mission to Egypt, "said Mr..
Douglas to reporter, twas to see
if could not trace some connection
between the ancient. Egyptians aud
the Atrlcan!negroes of to day. An.
cient writers on ethnology ghave
been trying to cut the negro race
off from any ancient greatness.
| had found the Egyptians described
rs having dark skin, curly hair,
high cheek bones, distended nostrils
and thick lips. Invent there to
make my observationsj and Etorm
my own conclusions. Of course
the pure Egyptian has been mixed
up very much with the Arabs, sbut
the characteristic features, Of the
ancient Egyptians, areda still spre
servedgamong!the: Cops of Egypt
II returned fromTmy trip with
the conviction that the negro'could
not be connectedawith. these peo-
pie. The2Egyptians proper are a
people by themselves. They are
not Caucasian, but they aIe not ne
groes. The pure negro is not
found farther north on the African
continent.than thesFSoudan. The
Soudanese are genuine negroes,
and fine. race of people, ..they.are
intelligent land brave. AS sol
diers the English preter2the Sou-
danese to the. Egyptians.
" The..negroesiwill haveSto look
to the tutlre and notsto5the past
for the greatest of their race.
They cannot establish their claims
to the glories of old u Egypt; but
who knows that in the course of
time they may not change places
with those who still regard them
as an inferior races just gas Fthe
British have changed places with
the Romans!"- ashington Cor.
Chicago News.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-12-10

CONGRESS commenced it's 50th
session last Monday.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-12-10


dear Mr.. Editor. "A lady
wants to say a few words to the
grocery merchants, and really it is
a delicate subject to handle You
know it is now the time when your
grocers set their vegetables outside
on the pavement 4; and you know
there are SO many tall dogs in town,
and-and it operates as though
they drank from Saratoga medical
springs. Now, Mr. Editor, YOU
must know what want to say, and
it you will help me out you will
do the public great favor. What
we want is the vegetables set on
boxes, or in other words, above
high water mark" For the
good OF woman and mankind, the
grocers will please attend to it
These wire screens they use over
baskets and barrels are not "water
tight" This is delicate matter.
but you know when ladies go shop
ping tor cabbage and beets, they
don't like to be obliged to buy peas
also Please to put it in shape so
as to otfcnd nobody.
A HoUsEkEEPER.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-12-10

Below will be found the names
OF prominent citizens from every
part of the Territory, otjboth po-
htical parties, and representing
every material interest, who have
been commissioned by Gov. E. G..
Ross to 60 to Washington Ethis
winter and remain there until some
legislation shall have been effected
lookingEtowards the speedy settle
ment of the titles to our land
grants
Hon. F. A. Manzanares, Viii
SOM Wadingham, jefferson Ray
nolds, Lewis Lutz, Judge w. A.
Vincent, Judge j. .O'Bryan, and
Capt. W. M. Fades, San Miguel
county ; W. W. Griffin, Bernard
Sehgman, Col, VIM. Breeder, Lu
ther Nelly, Judge s. b. AXtell,
and Judge W. B. Sloan, Santa Fe
county ; Carlos W. Lewis, Gov.
Elias S. Stover, Col. Francisco Pc
rea, Hon. Mariana S. Otero, Jno.
A. Lee, Nicholas 7. Armijo, Judge
l.. S. Trimble, W. B. Childers,
Bernalillo county; E. Montova,
Gustav Billing, Thos. Dorsey, j.
D. woodward, Henry Lockhart,
Socorro county /; Russell Marcy,
Colfax county ; Col. E. G. Shields,
T. j. Bull, Maj. A. j. Fountain,
Nestor Armiio, Dona Ana county ;
Don Ramon A. Baca, Don Felipe
Chavez, Valencia county; DR..
VIM. Sparks, Mora county Wal,
ter @. Hadley, Sierra county; Sam.
uel Eldot, Rio ARABIA Co; j. j.
Cockrell, Lincoln Co. ; Don San
tiago Valdez, Taos Co.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-12-10
NUMBER 10.
LET,THEM HOWL.

spaper may pralse;a manEnntll
it ex hausts ITS vocabularyEand the
man will accept it as thought IheEde-
serves it butsirubiEthe / hairiEthe
other way, evcrtsosgentlv, and on
ly once, andthe,will Ieo9 ihtoiihys-
terics, stop hisspaper EandTcall you
every thingEthat isibod.E Oureecon-
temporary, wants to know,if this is
not strange. We think;not. The
man who ltravels. .FgenerallyiEupon
passes, is the man whoImost Iloud-
ly damns the irallrOads'Ifori' their
extortions, whens, bysSaccidentEhe
is calledyupons tot; pay,l for.t some
slight service. TheG man Fin,Ethe
most robust. health,s s,with nevertan
ache or pain, howls thel-loudest
over a gnatsor a scinderL Lwhichtby
chance may getiinto.s his. eye. HaA
man in New Mexico, i.where Fthe
sun will shine $50 days Eout of
the years abusesi. an oloudySday
with tentold theNsviolenceatsof
him who lives in lthe murkyftat-
mosphere oflsomee of Ethe states,
who're theSc,oud !is.. the [rulet'and
the sunshine theisexception. E In
otherswords, l.itlsisy humans nature
to look:tupon blessings,G generally
enjoyed, ,Ffassmatters otTrighti'a and
not OF privilege y to kundervalue
that which ais {. E.ot:Every frequent
occurrence, gitol.ssovcr is.estimato
that which Is rare, and TO be
reatly.offended at;the withdrawal
of a.privilege:which has been, nei-
ther lpurchaseds3 nor II deserved.
Nevertheless, ,fEbrethren of 1.-THE
press, iin,view ofEthis strait of hu.
man nature,sit iss.well quite Gotten
to rub the hair. the wrong way.
Stir up the animals, let;them howl.
and snarl and threaten to Ebite.
Poke them in the RIBS, feed them
the bitter food OF truthful, adverse
Let them see that they
have neither the power nor the
perfection, which their selfconcelt
added to the putfs of the press has
them to ascrlbe to them
selves. Lay bare their follies,
touch them to the quick of their
pride; and then when the sweet
words OF commentator are again
should they ever deserve
them again, such words will be
fully appreciated, and not received
with the gracious condecension or
the naughty Indifference of an cas-
tern despot receiving the homage
Of his slaves. Nothing is more
beneficial than for the press to
show its independence of all men,
cliques and parties. Optic.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-12-10

THE CHICAGO WEEKLY News. and
LINCOLN TO. LEADER, l year 81. IS.
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-09-01
Tale of a Thoughtful Rat.

On very warm day in early sum-
mer happened to be standing near
chicken-coop in u back yard, when |
noticed the head of gray rat thrust
from a neighboring rat-hole, and con-
cluded to watch the movements of the
veteran. After careful. survey of
seemed to be satisfied that all was
right, and made Il cautious exit from
the home retreat. A fresh pan of wa
ter had been recently placed before
the chicken-coOp, and the water looked
friendly invitation to the thirsty old
rat, which Immediately started toward
it,
The rat had not reached the pan be-
fore five half-grown young ones rushed
ahead and tried to be the first at the
water. The old rat thereupon made a
a leap like kangaroo and was at the
edge of the dish in advance of the fore
most of her litter. Then ensued a most
remarkable occurrence. The mother
rat raised herself on her launches and
hit and scratched her offspring so
severely whenever they attempted to
reach the water that they all finally
scudded away, evidently very much
astonished and frightened at the
strange and unaccountable behavior
of their mother. When the little ones
were at safe distance the reasons for
her extraordinary behavior began to be
revealed at once in the intelligent
action of the old mother rat.
She first wetted her whiskers in the
water, looked suspiciously about her,
then very cautiously aid carefully
took dainty little sip of the liquid.
She tasted it as tentatively and crit
ically as professional tea-taster, and
when she was satisfied that it con-
tanned no poisonous or other deleter-
ious matter she gave couple of
squeaks which quickly brought her
young and thirsty brood to her side,
and all fearlessly drank their fill.
Now, this old mother rat was ex-
perienced, had evidently learned her
lesson in that school thoroughly, and
so she would not allow her young and
untaught litter to taste water which
might have contained rat-poison or
what not until she had satisfied her
self that the liquid was harmless
american Naturalist.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-09-01
Caught BY a Badger.

Talking about badgers and their
biting powers" said a California
sportsman to a correspondent of the
New York Commercial Advertiser, Il
know of 2 ease where one nearly killed
man, and in mighty curious way.
1t was down in Texas. A young fell
low was visiting ranch there, and
was in the habit of going hunting for
several days at time, sometimes run
ming down to town near by. So
nothing was thought of it when he
didn't show up for three days. Finally
a telegram was brought him concern
ing some important business, and the
ranchmen began to hunt him up. To
their surprise they found that he had
not been at the town, or even been
heard of there. Parties were now or
ganized and sent off in various direc-
tons where it was thought likely he
would 90. On the second day the
party went into a little gulch and one
of the meE raised cry and pointed
ahead There was the missing man
lying fiat on the ground, face down
'They rushed up to him, but he
couldn't speak, and when they tried to
lift him they found his arm was fast
in a burrow. Something had him,
and they were not long in finding out
what They went TO work and dug
down for about two feet, and came
upon a big badger, lying, bracing
back, with its teeth fastened tight
through the boys hand. 1t didn't
take long to fill the animal with bull
lets and cut off its head. Even then
they had to pry open its mouth with
bowie-knife before they could release
him. They packed the boy home, and
the next day he was able to speak.
badger had held him for five days.
Another day would have finished him.
at seems that he had seen little
animal run into the hole, which he
took for young badger, and, drop
ping his rifle, he lay down and ran his
arm in as far as he could and began to
feel around for the young ones, when
he was suddenly gripped. At first he
pulled and hauled with all his power,
and then he tainted away, and the arm
began to swell so that he could not
move, and any attempt to dig away
the soil, baked hard, only made mat
tiers worse. So there he lay, gradually
dying from hunger and thirst, every
move making the ferocious animal re-
new its hold"
If all the instances like this could be
collected they would make interesting
reading In the South Pacific gigan-
tic shell, the tridana gigas, is found,
which weighs about 500 pounds, and
men have been caught in it at low tide
and held until drowned. At or near
San Diego Chinaman was caught by
the hand by a huge abalone shell and
drowned before he was discovered.
Birds are often caught on oyster banks
at low tide, and fox was once seen
caught by the tail.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-09-01
He Saw the Mine.

Five years ago a man named Hob
son, living in a small Ohio town, in
vested heavily in Black Hills mining
stock. He paid the monthly assess
ments regularly for three years. When
the thirty-seventh notice to paw came
it was too much for him, and he took
the money that should have liquidated
it and came ont to Deadwood. He
soon discovered that the mine was
nearly or wholly on paper. He called at
the office of the president, and after
abusing him some time said:
1--WE found out that you and your
company are frauds. You haven't any
mining machinery, and no mine that
is worth anything at least I'd like
to ask if your company OWLS as much
as hole?"
80 yes" replied the president cheer
fully, I'VE do"
I'D just like to know where it is"
The president arose, showed his hand
part way into one of his pantloons
pockets and said:
That is it right here, colonel. the
breeehes pocket of the PRESIDENT!
There's where we put all your money,
and you'll think it is the deepest hole
in the world if you ever try to get
any of it Quit! Good morning, sirl /
have letters here from some more Ohio
men, who want to buy stock, and
must attend to them before the mail
closes"-DdkOt0 Bell